GOLDEN 
DELICIOUS 
You Can Easily Grow Golden Delicious 
No Matter Where You Live—in the Far North—in the Deep South—in the East—in 
the West—in the Central States—Golden Delicious Will Thrive for You! If you Plant a 
Commercial Orchard, a Local Orchard, a Home Orchard, Include Golden Delicious! If 
You Have Space for Only 2 Trees in your Yard, Plant a Starking and a Golden Delicious. 
“ 73 /^ Acres Pay All Expenses” 
“I have 115 acres in apple trees, and my 300 Golden Delicious 
pay all of my expenses of spraying, taxes, feeding and clothing 
for my family of five and pay hired help. I tell everybody my 
Golden Delicious are everbearers. If a freeze gets the first buds 
in about 21 days they will throw out secondary buds at the 
terminal ends of last season’s growth. 
“1 entered an acre of 40 Golden Delicious six years old in our State 
Contest and 1 was given a cash prize of $80.00 in the Futurity 
Production Class. My yield was 216 bushels of No. 1 apples from 
40 six-year old trees.”—S. Hahn, Kansas. 
“Selling 2 to 1” 
“I do not wish to make this letter too long” writes Dr. A. Franklin 
Turner, of Christian County, Illinois, who is adding to his orchard 
planting ‘‘but 1 have been to two orchards. One near Hillsboro and a 
larger one in South Central Illinois. The Golden Delicious apples 
were outselling any other variety 2 to 1 and were keeping in 
that ratio in these orchards. Aside from this I have been in close 
touch with the wholesale and retail markets at this place. The Golden 
Delicious were selling 10 baskets to 1 against all other varie¬ 
ties. This experience came to me after I wrote my last letter, con¬ 
cerning this planting and from which you made up my order. One of 
these men said that if he was planting his orchard over again 
he would have just one variety—Golden Delicious. 
‘‘If it doesn't inconvenience you and you would as soon make 
this order 100% Golden Delicious instead of 60%, I am sure I will 
be better satisfied.” 
Most Popular in Ohio 
Golden Delicious are proving their popularity. Sizes vary from 
3^ inches down. It is a fact that we have more calls for Golden 
Delicious and Starking than for any other apples, and of 
course they bring us higher prices. —Paul Svonavec, Ohio. 
“11 Times More Profits” 
‘‘Why didn’t I believe you when you told me that Golden Delicious 
was the most profitable to grow? When I planted 300 apple trees 13 
years ago, I would venture ONLY 25 trees of your Golden Delicious. 
“I have sold the fruit from these 25 Golden Delicious each 
year for more money than from all those other 275 trees put 
together. 
‘‘Golden Delicious trees are vigorous and beautiful in shape. It is 
the most perfect all-purpose apple I have ever seen— for eating pur¬ 
poses as well as for cooking it has no equal.” —F. R. Christie, 
West Virginia. 
“Bear Young and Every Year” 
‘‘Here in Wisconsin, where we have 20 to 30 below zero weather, 
we have Golden Delicious trees which started to bear when only 
4 years old and had a crop every year since. 
‘‘The flavor of Wisconsin-grown Golden Delicious is just wonder¬ 
ful and just before Christmas we get 44% more for Golden Deli¬ 
cious than for Snow, McIntosh, Jonathan and other standard 
sorts.”—W. J. Ahrens, Wisconsin. 
“$150.00 Crop from 15 Trees” 
“My 15 Golden Delicious trees started to bear when only 3 years 
old. This year I picked 50 bushels from my 15 trees and sold 
the fruit at my roadside stand for $3.00 a bushel. Golden 
Delicious set fruit and mature crops when late frosts kill 
other varieties. —L. J. Garst, McLean Co., Kentucky. 
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“Made My $25 Acre Ga. Land Worth $1,000” 
‘‘A leading merchant took me out to his farm the other day to see 
his orchard of 500 fine apple trees. We picked a few of these apples 
about averaged sized ones and they weighed 15 ounces each. The 
owner says these 500 5-year-old trees have made his $25 an 
acre land worth $1,000.00 an acre.” —H. A. Fleming, Ga. 
“Thrive in Canada” 
‘‘Our orchard is a beautiful sight and is visited daily for it is the 
only apple orchard for many miles. 
I planted many varieties and all are dead even though I gave 
them best of care. Then I planted Golden Delicious and ‘‘Oh 
boy” they thrive like the prickly pear in Australia! My 13-year 
old trees have given me 10 crops. This dry, bad year they are 
simply covered—bending down with big golden apples.—A. W. 
Bartlett, Ont., Canada. 
“All My Land to Orchards” 
“All the land I have, all the transplanting I do and all the land 
I ani able to buy will be planted to orchards —two rows of Golden 
Delicious, one row of Starking, one row of Paragon Winesap or 
Staymared, writes F. H. Sprague of Ohio. 
‘‘I get 25 per cent more for my Golden Delicious than 
others. Buyers of apples are enthusiastic over them. Many 
say they didn’t know so fine an apple existed. No other apple 
compares with Golden Delicious in quality. 
‘‘I like the tree characteristics by far the best of any tree I hav'e 
ever planted. The fruit does not scald in storage, requires less spray 
material; have never seen scab. Brooks spot or other fungus disease 
on them. It is the hardiest tree, heaviest annual bearer that 
I have ever seen.” 
“Crop In Spite of Late Freeze” 
‘‘This year we had a late freeze which killed everything except 
Golden Delicious. I am sorry I did not plant more Golden Delici¬ 
ous. The more 1 see of them the better I like them. They grow 
fastandare very hardy. —Luther Emerson, Merrimac County, N.H. 
“Mass. Growers Enthusiastic” 
‘‘The future of Golden Delicious was spoken of optimistically 
yesterday at the meeting of the Mass. Fruit Growers Assn. 
It was said by fruit growers to have over-come the prejudice against 
a yellow apple.” There is a growing appreciation of Golden 
Delicious in New England. This is because of its high 
quality as a winter apple. ”■ 
“Golden Delicious Most Profitable in Okla.” 
‘‘I have 40 Golden Delicious trees 4 to 10 years old. Some started 
to bear at 2 years and others 3 years. I will have from 6 to 10 bushels 
per tree on the 10 year olds. They always bear good crops. 
They bear much younger than others and are so prolific we 
have to begin early taking them off. I agree that Golden Delicious 
is more profitable than our other trees and we get better prices 
for them than any other apple we have. Our customers prefer 
them and say they are finest flavor, either for eating, baking 
or cooking. I take the premium everywhere I exhibit them. 
They sure bring the money.”—Mrs. F. A. Castanien, Okla. 
